Late Male-Killing Viruses in Homona magnanima Identified as Osugoroshi Viruses, Novel Members of Partitiviridae

Late Male-Killing Viruses in Homona magnanima Identified as Osugoroshi Viruses, Novel Members of Partitiviridae

Late male-killing, a male-specific death after hatching, is a unique phenotype found in Homona magnanima, oriental tea tortrix. The male-killing agent was suspected to be an RNA virus, but details were unknown. We herein successfully isolated and identified the putative male-killing virus as Osugoro...

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Main Authors: Ryosuke Fujita, Maki N. Inoue, Takumi Takamatsu, Hiroshi Arai, Mayu Nishino, Nobuhiko Abe, Kentaro Itokawa, Madoka Nakai, Syun-ichi Urayama, Yuto Chiba, Michael Amoa-Bosompem, Yasuhisa Kunimi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
male killing
Homona magnanima
Partitiviridae
horizontal transmission
insect virus
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2020.620623/full

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https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2020.620623/full

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